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an adult and baby coelacanth specimens on display

Meet the Coelacanth

Learn about the fish that was once thought to be extinct.

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Un pescador de una pesquería a pequeña escala de Honduras se embarca en una excursión de pesca.

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Medidas Inteligentes Rastrea las Presiones de Pesca

A blue parrotfish hides among coral.

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Tough Teeth and Parrotfish Poop

On coral reefs fish are important links in the food chain that sustains higher-order predators (including humans) and keeps everything in balance.

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Fish Get Risky Around Oil

A tornado of sardines swirls around diver and photographer Erwin Poliakoff in the Philippines.

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Why the Littlest Fish Matter a Whole Lot

A school of akule (Hawaiian for bigeye scad) explode into a camera's frame.

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Following the Akule

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Mistaken Point New Foundland

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Ediacaran Fossils: One Species at a Time

Interfaz de usuario de la Fish App

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Hay una aplicación para eso: usando teléfonos para contribuir a una pesca sostenible

Una mujer sostiene una bandeja blanca que exhibe joyas de pez león.

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Si la vida te da un pez león...

Photo of the head of a leafy seadragon

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Devoted Dads: From Seahorses to Sea Spiders

A photo of a squid using bioluminescence to hide in the deep sea.

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Bioluminescence

A screenshot from the video "Ideas for Change" showing white ocean illustrations.

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Ideas for Change

A female napoleon wrasse swims by a reef

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An App Helps Scientists Combat Illegal Fish Trade

an adult and baby coelacanth specimens on display

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Coelacanth

Colorful Christmas tree worms

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Happy Holidays from the Ocean!

Home is where the hull is: Since the dawn of seafaring, humankind has had to deal with pesky creatures, such as barnacles, that “foul” ship hulls and boat propellers like this one.

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No Fouling Around

A small gray fish with two orange stripes, hides in between corals.

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Tiny Fishes Fuel Coral Reefs

Grey reef sharks are among the most versatile and tough predators on a Pacific coral reef, but they are also among the most vulnerable species, as they are threatened by wasteful fishing practices like shark finning.

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Where the Shark and the Snapper Roam